polished explorer intake installed....pics

[wayne94mustang]

i finaly got to throw on my intake this weekend, went real good and fits fine under the stock hood but it is taller then i thought it would be.

i also smoothed out the EGR mount and polished my elbow too...turned out clean looking

here is a shot of the allen bolts i got for the upper. they are stainless with thick stainless washers that i turned a taper on and counter sunk the heads into.

and a shot of the intake plate i made

 

[Magic]

Nice!!

 

[Paul]

Those washers are bitchin'. Nice attention to detail. You made them yourself?

 

[foss_94gt]

Turned out great man

 

[wayne94mustang]

thanks guys

yes, i made those washers....having a lathe and knowing how to use it is a REAL nice thing...lol

 

[5.0kid]

looks very nice! what valve covers are those? i'm looking for some new ones...

 

[wayne94mustang]

93 stock fox covers...polished of course

the 93 covers don't have those ribs you normaly need to grind off to clear 1.7 stud rockers.

im calling these 93 covers even thoe the part number is F2. as we all know ford went with roller rockers in the 93 cobras and they also changed the valve cover casting to go with it.

 

[Paul]

You have a lathe and I don't. I'm jealous.

 

[5.0kid]

93 stock fox covers...polished of course

the 93 covers don't have those ribs you normaly need to grind off to clear 1.7 stud rockers.

im calling these 93 covers even thoe the part number is F2. as we all know ford went with roller rockers in the 93 cobras and they also changed the valve cover casting to go with it.

yah, thats what i was thinking of going with too. They look great! I can just un-rib the earlier ones, correct? for 1.7s?

 

[RossA81]

Looks sharp, when polished the explorer upper is one of the best looking ones out there.

Ross

 

[Steven]

You have a lathe and I don't. I'm jealous.

We have chisel. I chisel good. Chisel steven chisel.

Thats our lathes. lol

 

[wayne94mustang]

93 stock fox covers...polished of course

the 93 covers don't have those ribs you normaly need to grind off to clear 1.7 stud rockers.

im calling these 93 covers even thoe the part number is F2. as we all know ford went with roller rockers in the 93 cobras and they also changed the valve cover casting to go with it.

yah, thats what i was thinking of going with too. They look great! I can just un-rib the earlier ones, correct? for 1.7s?

yup, thats what most guys do

 

[5.0kid]

well, that intake looks great, and even though I was going to go with the polished typhoon that I have, i'm now starting to polish my cobra for fun while my car is down. Thanks for the inspiration!!!

 

[wayne94mustang]

cool, it just takes a LOT of sanding and LOTS of time.

 

[project94]

im looking at doing that to my intake. what all did you do??? do you know the steps you went through to get it that way

 

[wayne94mustang]

i sanded from 80 gritt to 400 gritt then buffed it on my 1hp grinder.

check out www.eastwood.comhttp:// for buffing supplies.

 

[5.0kid]

how did you get the casting flaws out- epsecially the runners? Its taking forever on my cobra since there is a THICK layer of primer on it and under that there are a lot of casting flaws that just annoy me a lot. I am using files and 40 grit paper, and getting there slowly.

 

[wayne94mustang]

a DA sander or some kind of power tool helps but it takes time.

 

[project94]

how did you get the casting flaws out- epsecially the runners? Its taking forever on my cobra since there is a THICK layer of primer on it and under that there are a lot of casting flaws that just annoy me a lot. I am using files and 40 grit paper, and getting there slowly.

aircraft aluminum stripper! i just found out that it works wonders

 

[wayne94mustang]

yeah, that works great for the factory powder coat or what ever is on there but i ment as far as the casting itself.